Dripool News & Events

Despite the weather's best attempts to scupper attendance to Spatex 09, we found that Sunday and Monday's visitors seemed more serious and discerning than other years. It possibly worked in the exhibitor's favour that only the more steadfast customer decided to brave such inclement conditions. The obvious factor which we suspected even before the show began is that most new build pools in planning or under construction tend to be top end projects with a large emphasis on quality & aesthetics. The biggest increase in interest, in the opinion of all on Dripool's stand, was for the Infinity Edged Pool. With our main launch of the new DRIGLIDE INFINITY Cover, both trade and end user alike seemed to be singling Dripool out to source more information on how Dripool have finally “GONE ROUND THE BEND” with our fully automatic, under coping safety cover, designed specifically to ensure safety, cleanliness and heat retention on an infinity edged pool.

Another trend appears to be towards renovation of existing pools, both domestic and small commercial. Dripool's expertise in retrospective installation with all works taking place away from the pool area causing minimum disruption and our newly developed “big drive” system for existing pools up to 30 x 10 metres again found us much in demand.

Sales Director Ian MacMath presenting Dripool's Cover of the Year award to Graham Steele and Martin Stevens of Aquascape Swimming Pools Ltd of Stroud, with the rest of the team looking on

The culmination of this year's show brought the presentation of Dripool's prestigious “Cover of the Year” award with Sales Director Ian MacMath presenting 2008 winners, Aquascape Swimming Pools Ltd with the coveted prize. Dripool have collaborated with Aquascape on numerous projects over the years and find their attention to detail and workmanship second to none. It is this first class work ethic and personal service that has ensured the team at Aquascape remain one of the most respected and successful companies in our industry. The winning pool, in the Cotswolds, is an exquisite 16 x 5 metre mosaic tiled pool, constructed with reinforced, concrete block work and finished with a bespoke DRIGLIDE under coping safety cover in black with all stonework supplied by Cranbourne Stone of Hampshire.